Marmalade tree Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum
sapote; Pouteria zapota; Calocarpum zapota; mammee.
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(Bot.) , a sapotaceous tree (Lucuma mammosa ) of the West Indies and Tropical America. It has large obovate leaves and an egg-shaped fruit from three to five inches long, containing a pleasant-flavored pulp and a single large seed. The fruit is called marmalade, or natural marmalade, from its consistency and flavor.
